Africa starts to tap solar energy for IT (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News: Tue, 27 Mar) Governments and development organizations in Eastern and Southern Africa are starting to adopt solar energy to bolster energy resources for ICT (information and communication technology) in rural areas.
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Major solar power plant opens in Portugal's south (Reuters via Yahoo! News: Wed, 28 Mar) One of the world's largest solar energy plants, covering the hills of a valley dotted with olive groves in southern Portugal, started delivering electricity to about 8,000 homes on Wednesday.
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Massive Solar Power Plant Inaugurated (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Wed, 28 Mar) The world's largest-producing solar power plant was inaugurated Wednesday in Portugal. The 11-megawatt, 61 million euro plant, a joint project of U.S energy companies GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight Corporation, and Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento, spreads across a 150-acre hillside in Serpa, 124 miles southeast of Lisbon.
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